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Bollywood – Year by Year – 1978
Debuts Tina Munim in Des Pardes (1978)
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1976
Important Events Emergency is declared by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in June, 1975 which results in strict censorship of films – Kissa Kursi Ka (1976), a political satire directed by Amrit Nahata, is destroyed. Deaths Legendary playback singer and voice of Raj Kapoor dies on 27th August, 1976.
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1975
Important Events Ramesh Sippy’s Sholay breaks all records at the box-office and becomes the moat important Hindi commercial film. The record-breaking mythological Jai Santoshi Maa is released. Deaths Music composer and director S.D. Burman passes away on 31st October 1975.
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1973
Important Events India’s biggest star ever Amitabh Bachchan explodes on screen in Zanjeer. Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bhaduri get married. Raj Kapoor’s Bobby ushers in the era of the teenage love stories. Heart-throb Rajesh Khanna marries teen-sensation Dimple Kapadia from Bobby who, at 16, is 15 years younger than Khanna. Shyam Benegal’s Ankur spearheads the ...
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1972
Important Events Chitralekha Co Op, the first co-operative started by film technicians, starts production with Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s Swayamvaram. More than 90% of Hindi films switch over to color. Deaths Meena Kumari passes away on 31st March, 1972 few days after the release of her best-known work, Pakeezah. Prithviraj Kapoor, founder of India’s first film family, ...
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1971
Important Events The production of feature films increases to 432, making the Indian film industry the largest in the world. Deaths K. Asif, director of the sensational hit, Mughal-e-Azam (1960) passes away. Music composer Jaikishan of Shankar-Jaikishan fame dies.
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1970
Important Events Devika Rani, the ‘first lady’ of the Indian Screen and co-owner of Bombay Talkies, is the first recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Births Saif Ali Khan (actor and son of Nawab of Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore) is born on 16th August 1970.
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1969
Important Events Rajesh Khanna becomes India’s frist superstar with a string of super-hit films like Aradhana and Anand. The Film Finance Corporation finances Bhuvan Shome (Mrinal Sen) and Uski Roti (Mani Kaul), both shot by K.K. Mahajan inaugurating ‘New Wave Cinema’. Deaths The actress Madhubala, immortalized in K. Asif’s Mughal-e-Azam (1960) dies of heart failure ...
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Nigar Awards - 1969
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